With 11 games to go, Manchester United's hopes of competing in the Champions League next season are hanging by a thread.
14.02.2024 - 08:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
This Valentine's Day, couples across the world will come together for romantic meals. For Frank and Judith Rothwell, their Valentine's 'slap-up meal' in Antigua will be a particularly special one.
That is because Oldham Athletic chairman Frank, 73, has spent the last two months away from Judith, rowing solo across the Atlantic, raising a quarter-of-a-million pounds to help find a cure for Alzheimer's. Having already achieved the feat three years ago, setting a world record to become the oldest person to row the Atlantic solo and raising over £1million, Frank set about bettering his record in December.
This week, he will better his own world record, and he is set to reunite with his beloved wife of 53 years on Wednesday for one of their most emotional Valentine's Days to date. However, despite setting off from the Canary Islands with a more sophisticated boat and better equipment than his last voyage, Frank's journey has been far from plain sailing this time around.
The charismatic businessman has capsized four times en route to Antigua, including one scary moment when he was thrown overboard, and unexpected conditions have made his second trip across the Atlantic far more difficult and taxing than the first.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News last week from his boat, still around 300 miles from the finish line, Frank opened up on the difficulties he has experienced this time around.
"Last time I did it in 56 days and I thought I'd shave a week off that this time and do 49 days," he said. "All the things that slowed me down last time, I sorted out. A faster boat and slicker boat and all the things I've done. I've done alright, but the wind has been completely different this year to what it has been for the last 20
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